Disability

Exclusive: Uber, Lyft face disability access questions from Massachusetts
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The Massachusetts attorney general’s office is examining how Uber and Lyft ensure equal access for people with disabilities, a spokeswoman for the attorney general told Reuters, adding to numerous other business issues facing the two companies. Disabilities rights activists have questioned how Uber Technologies Inc [[UBER.UL] and Lyft drivers handle passengers in wheelchairs and the […]

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«Wir sind keine Aliens!» – Behinderte demonstrieren an erster «Disability …
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«Wir sind keine Aliens!» – Behinderte demonstrieren an erster «Disability Pride». An der ersten Behinderten-Parade in New York City haben Tausende für die Akzeptanz und Rechte von Behinderten demonstriert. Die Bilder. Publiziert: 13.07.15, 04:03.

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Jobless 'Batman' on disability benefits for bad back abseils down skyscraper
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Unemployed Matthew Hardie (pictured) abseiled his way down Reading’s tallest building, The Blade, wearing his complete Batman outfit. He receives weekly hand-outs for a serious back condition.

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Down syndrome teen and friend's inspiring prom picture hits back against disability discrimination
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Mikenzy Snell and Matt Pliska, who has Down syndrome, promised to go to junior prom together last year. In their prom picture they help up a sign which read: ‘Real friends don’t count chromosomes.’

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Leading disability self-advocate Ari Ne'eman recipient of Ruderman Award in …
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Unfortunately, he explained, Israel still places autistic people or people with other cognitive disabilities in institutions or separate housing, and there are employment centers for people with disabilities, while children are placed in a separate …

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Widow' receives letter ordering husband for disability benefit check-up after he died
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Julia Mullins, 54, from Newport, south Wales, said she was outraged to receive the letter asking her husband Stuart to undergo medical tests, two months after he died from cancer aged 53.

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Award ceremony recognizes contributions to disability community
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The Governor’s Council on People with Disabilities (GCPD) held its annual awards ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse on Thursday, October 16, recognizing significant contributions to the disability community. Award winners include:Employers of…

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Disability Insurance and the Social Security Stripping of Funds
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Illegal aliens have more rights and benefits than American citizens, personal property is fair game because it was not earned, it was stolen from the lazy and uneducated, living and breathing causes the earth to go into global warming Armageddon …

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Pope prays for aborted infants in S. Korea disability centre
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Kkottongnae. Pope Francis prayed at a garden memorial for aborted foetuses Saturday, as he toured a South Korean hilltop community for the sick and disabled that has been tainted by unproven allegations of financial misdealing, AFP reported. The …

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Armageddon! | Disability in Business
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Armageddon (The blue skies acted as a canopy for the local air show) The blue skies flood the garden with hazy hot light totally unusual for this area being so far north, but perhaps global warming may account for this …

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